What an odd border?

[Deleted account W]

Just having a look at Google maps before I depart for County Fermanagh for the weekend.

Spotted this oddity on the border, an enclave of the South pushing into County Fermanagh.

Whats that all about then boys?

 

[the celt]

Just having a look at Google maps before I depart for County Fermanagh for the weekend.

Spotted this oddity on the border, an enclave of the South pushing into County Fermanagh.

Whats that all about then boys?

To confuse the Brits

 

[Deleted account W]

To confuse the Brits

Well it's worked

 

[Gizmo]

Strange indeed

Just having a look at Google maps before I depart for County Fermanagh for the weekend.

Spotted this oddity on the border, an enclave of the South pushing into County Fermanagh.

Whats that all about then boys?

Its a long story concerning Ulster being 9 counties but only six remaining within the UK.

At a guess I would say that the boundary was drawn this way to ensure that nationalists did not have an electoral majority in that region when the partition of Ireland happened in 1922. There was a real risk then that a plebicite within a 9 county Ulster would vote to stay within Eire, so the electoral divisions were drawn carefully to ensure this did not happen.

Some would call it gerrymandering, others would say it was done to avoid the real possibility of Unionist/Nationalist conflict.

The rest as they say is history!!!

 

[the celt]

Well it's worked

Any way that google map is out of date....
The boarder is no longer painted grey...
Its now a nice pale red, some even call it pink.
You cant miss it....
and if your luck enought you might even see
aul Jack O'Shea at work who paints it yearly
by hand, lovely aul fella, the stories he can tell....

 

[bsogri]

border

It will be interesting to find out, why not ask the friendly locals, anyway have a good time and look after James and Suzy[keep her off the bar] and yourself of course.

 

[nud1e]

Just having a look at Google maps before I depart for County Fermanagh for the weekend.

Spotted this oddity on the border, an enclave of the South pushing into County Fermanagh.

Whats that all about then boys?

Mistaken you are.
Not a southern enclave but two northern enclaves pushing into Co.Monaghan.

 

[FatFergie]

I know a postie who used to work that area, from the Monaghan side and would clock up serious overtime because of all the times he got stopped on the NI side. It was absolutely impossible for him to cover his route without crossing and recrossing the border several times a day.
A similar peninsula of Limerick sticks into Tipp near Emly.

 

[shuck raider]

Read a story about Belleek when researching stuff for the Kesh WW2 Flying Boats run. The border runs through the town and during the war, the left hand (UK) side of the street was blacked out but the lights in all the pubs in the( Neutral) Irish Republic side were blazing away. Only in Ireland

 

[GSless Girl]

Read a story about Belleek when researching stuff for the Kesh WW2 Flying Boats run. The border runs through the town and during the war, the left hand (UK) side of the street was blacked out but the lights in all the pubs in the( Neutral) Irish Republic side were blazing away. Only in Ireland

We had to keep priorities right in case we spilt any

 

[Decster]

Read a story about Belleek when researching stuff for the Kesh WW2 Flying Boats run. The border runs through the town and during the war, the left hand (UK) side of the street was blacked out but the lights in all the pubs in the( Neutral) Irish Republic side were blazing away. Only in Ireland

The border runs through the wee town of Pettigo in Donegal/Fermanagh.....

 

[JimmyC]

The border runs through the wee town of Pettigo in Donegal/Fermanagh.....

Anybody know the name of the man standing on the plinth in the middle of the town???????????????????????

Just a wee teaser..............................




Don't be sayin' anything about him.............
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He's a relative of mine...............

 

[Tengiz99]

Pretty simple, the border follows the county boundaries. No straight lines in Ireland. (Apart from the roads the Germans funded).

 

[the celt]

He's a relative of mine...............

Are yer sure its not yer man layin down ???

Captain Jack Sparrow by any chance ???

or could it be...

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[Dibbles]

That small piece of Ireland is known locally as 'Coleman's Island'.

 

[electric_monk]

The skull and crossbones on a headstone is a freemasonry motif...

Are yer sure its not yer man layin down ???

Captain Jack Sparrow by any chance ???

or could it be...

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